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TroposchemmalogiaTroposchēmalogia
Troposchemmalogia: Tropes and figures; or, A treatise of the metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes, &c. contained in the Bible of the Old and New Testament To which is prefixed, divers arguments to prove the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures wherein also 'tis largely evinced, that by the great whore, mystery Babylon is meant the Papal hierarchy, or present state and church of Rome. Philologia sacra, the second part. Wherein the schemes, or figures in Scripture, are reduced under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each. Together with a treatise of types, parables, &c. with an improvement of them parallel-wise. By B. KTroposchēmalogia: Tropes and figures; or, A treatise of the metaphors, allegories, and express similitudes, &c. contained in the Bible of the Old and New Testament To which is prefixed, divers arguments to prove the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures wherein also 'tis largely evinced, that by the great whore, mystery Babylon is meant the Papal hierarchy, or present state and church of Rome. Philologia sacra, the second part. Wherein the schemes, or figures in Scripture, are reduced under their proper heads, with a brief explication of each. Together with a treatise of types, parables, &c. with an improvement of them parallel-wise. By B. K
London: printed by John Darby, 1682
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
It is the Custom in some Countries, for the Shepherd to go before the Sheep, &c To which our Saviour alludes, John 10.27. | V. So Believers, and the Church of Christ, are obedient to him:1 My Sheep (saith he) hear my Voice, and they follow me; and the Voice of a Stranger they will not follow. 2Thou shalt guide me by thy Counsel, saith the Psalmist. Christ's Precepts are the Saints Directory, and his Practice their Pattern for Imitation. Hence Paul exhorteth the Corinthians to follow him, as he followed Christ.3 VI. Sheep are incident to many Diseases, many of them are weak and feeble; which a good Shepherd taketh pity of, and endeavours to heal and strengthen them. | VI. So the Saints of God are subject to manifold Weaknesses, Temptations, and Afflictions, which moved the Almighty to great Compassion, and sorely to rebuke the Shepherds of Israel, for their Cruelty and great Remissness towards his Flock: The Diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, &c. And therefore saith, He would himself take the Work into his own hands: I will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick, &c VII. A Flock of Sheep must not be over-driven, lest they tire. Jacob, who was a skilful Shepherd, knew this, and therefore told Esau his Brother,4 that if the Flock were over-driven, they would die. | VII. So the Saints or Flock of Christ must not be over-driven, they must be led gently along; and God taketh care to lay no more upon them than they can bear. No Temptation hath taken you, 5but such as is common to Men; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able; and will with the Temptation also make way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. He will not lay upon us more than is right. VIII. Sheep are subject to go astray, and to be lost in a Wilderness; and upon that account need the Shepherd's Care, to seek them, and fetch them home to the Fold. | VIII. So the Saints are subject to go astray from God, and to wander from his Precepts, viz. decline in their Zeal, Faith, and Affection to him, and his Ways, and to get wandering Thoughts after the World; and sometimes they wander, through the Neglect and Carelessness of the Under-Shepherds: My Sheep,